¡UNO!
Nuclear Family
Song Meaning
The message for this song in the ¡Uno! deluxe lyric book is: "Pick a summer… and summer… take a peek at the salt water and who gives a fuck… ya know? That’s where this begins."
Billie Joe (Guitar World, 2012): "I think the first songs that were written were Stay the Night, Nuclear Family and Carpe Diem. So there was this power-pop thing happening."
Billie Joe: “Then there are songs like Nuclear Family, where I’m just like, I just write this shit, man. I don’t even know what the fuck it means sometimes.”
We'll try anyway. Based on the lyrics, the narrator seems to be reflecting on the current state of affairs, and the fact that society in general looks like it's declining. But, rather than wallowing in the misfortune brought on by these times, the narrator wants to live it up while he can. This is illustrated by the opening line, which dominates the verse and sets the tone for the song: "Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round".
Billie Joe (Guitar World, 2012): "I think the first songs that were written were Stay the Night, Nuclear Family and Carpe Diem. So there was this power-pop thing happening."
Billie Joe: “Then there are songs like Nuclear Family, where I’m just like, I just write this shit, man. I don’t even know what the fuck it means sometimes.”
We'll try anyway. Based on the lyrics, the narrator seems to be reflecting on the current state of affairs, and the fact that society in general looks like it's declining. But, rather than wallowing in the misfortune brought on by these times, the narrator wants to live it up while he can. This is illustrated by the opening line, which dominates the verse and sets the tone for the song: "Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round".
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Lyrics
Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round
Like a ferris wheel like it's breaking down
Drinking angel's piss gonna crash and burn
I just want some action so gimme my turn
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in high-fidelity for me too
Can you hear the sound coming over the hill?
Gotta move my feet it's coming in for the kill
Baby baby baby it's a blow out
Like a nuclear bomb and it won't be long 'til I detonate
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in hi-fidelity for me too
Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round
Like a ferris wheel like it's breaking down
Screaming, screaming, screaming bloody murder
Like a nuclear bomb it won't be long 'til I detonate
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in high-fidelity for me too
Like a ferris wheel like it's breaking down
Drinking angel's piss gonna crash and burn
I just want some action so gimme my turn
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in high-fidelity for me too
Can you hear the sound coming over the hill?
Gotta move my feet it's coming in for the kill
Baby baby baby it's a blow out
Like a nuclear bomb and it won't be long 'til I detonate
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in hi-fidelity for me too
Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round
Like a ferris wheel like it's breaking down
Screaming, screaming, screaming bloody murder
Like a nuclear bomb it won't be long 'til I detonate
Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy
It's the death of a nuclear family staring up at you
It's looking like another bad comedy
Just as long as it comes in high-fidelity for me too
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Live History
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- Total Plays
- 18 times / #151 most played
- Most Recent
- October 19, 2023 Las Vegas, NV
- Earliest Known
- August 11, 2011 Costa Mesa, CA
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